Irishtown Nature Park, Urban park in Moncton, Canada

Irishtown Nature Park is a 9 km2 urban park on the northern edge of Moncton, in the Tankville area, with a 1.20 km2 lake used for kayaking and canoeing. Compacted-gravel multi-use trails link several entry points, and 5.8 km of natural footpaths run mostly along the lake, with wood chips or boardwalks over wet sections.

In the 1800s, this location served as Moncton's primary water supply system supporting the growing city. Interpretive signage throughout the park marks this connection to the city's infrastructure and explains its role in early urban development.

The park contains a restored one-room schoolhouse that serves as a small museum displaying local educational heritage. This building offers insight into how children were taught and how rural communities managed schooling in earlier times.

Multi-use trails of compacted gravel start from the main lot at 1155 Elmwood Drive, the Caledonia lot at 595 Caledonia Road, or the Gerdhart entrance opposite Cedarwood Avenue. The gravel paths are cleared and sanded in winter and suit walkers, runners, wheelchairs and cyclists. Natural footpaths branch off them, running mostly along the lake, with wood chips or boardwalks over wet sections.

The park's compacted-gravel multi-use trails are cleared and sanded in winter, so walkers, runners and wheelchair users can keep using them; the 5.8 km of natural footpaths, by contrast, are left for hikers and snowshoers. Birdwatchers come for black-capped chickadees, nuthatches, yellow-finches, purple finches, hairy and downy woodpeckers and doves.